Killdeer

This is a Killdeer. It is of the Plover family. Plovers are most often seen at the beach but this guy is more common to farmer's fields and parks. They are ground nesters and when hatching if danger comes close, even a human, they will walk away crying and dragging their wing as if injured. Once they have you clear of their nest they fly off. I thought about trying that with this one but it was behind five strands of electric fence. Gotta love the zoom lens. The name actually comes from their call, "kill DEEE, kill DEEE, kill DEEE". (As with all the pictures posted here on the Outskirts of Suburbia, if you click on it it gets really big and you can better see all the detail.)